High Schools in Sylacauga City

Summary:

Sylacauga City, Alabama is home to a single high school, Sylacauga High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has shown steady improvement in its academic performance over the past few years, moving up in the statewide rankings and earning a higher performance rating.

Sylacauga High School outperformed the state average on Summative Assessments in mathematics, science, and English, with particularly strong results in English. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 90% is also higher than the state average. However, the school faces challenges with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.8%, which may be an area of focus for improvement.

Demographically, Sylacauga High School serves a population with a high percentage of students (62.54%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. The school's per-student spending is in line with the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 16.2 is slightly higher than the national average.

District Detail

43 N Broadway Avenue
Sylacauga, AL 35150-1941

(256) 245-5256

SchoolDigger Rank:
58^th of 135 Alabama districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,976

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)	Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sylacauga High School	Public	9-12	701 N Broadway	Sylacauga	35150	Talladega County	Sylacauga City	No	No	No	No	(256) 249-0911	627	41	15.3	49.9%	315 (50.2%)	254 (40.5%)	34 (5.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.2%)	78.3	73^rd of 374 public high schools	80.5%		65.3	108^th of 378 public high schools	71.4%	35	28.1	37.2	46.9	$10,937	$974	$9,939

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Talladega County	1.8 mi	17	71^st
Coosa County	11.03 mi	2	100^th
Shelby County	13.61 mi	33	34^th
JF Ingram State Technical College	14.92 mi	8
Talladega City	19.81 mi	5

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.